Your weekly peek into what’s coming up next on REEL 13, written by host Richard Peña. REEL 13 CLASSIC | NETWORK This week’s classic is the 1976 satire Network, written by Paddy Chayefsky and directed by Sidney Lumet. Howard Beale is having a meltdown. As portrayed in an Oscar-winning performance by Peter ...
Your weekly peek into what’s coming up next on REEL 13, written by host Richard Peña. REEL 13 CLASSIC | D.O.A. This week’s classic is the 1950 film noir D.O.A., starring Edmond O’Brien and directed by Rudolph Maté. A good example of a Hollywood “independent” film—financed outside of the studio system with the ...
Your weekly peek into what’s coming up next on REEL 13, written by host Richard Peña. REEL 13 CLASSIC | THE BIG LIFT This week’s REEL 13 classic is The Big Lift (1950), a drama starring Montgomery Clift and Paul Douglas, directed by George Seaton. Shot almost entirely on Berlin locations, ...
Your weekly peek into what’s coming up next on REEL 13, written by host Richard Peña. REEL 13 CLASSIC | RAINTREE COUNTY This week’s REEL 13 classic is Raintree County (1957), a romantic Civil War drama adapted from the novel by Ross Lockridge Jr., directed by Edward Dmytryk. Montgomery Clift stars as John ...
Your weekly peek into what’s coming up next on REEL 13, written by host Richard Peña. REEL 13 CLASSIC | LAURA This week’s REEL 13 classic is Laura (1944), a crime drama that’s often cited as one of the first “film noir” to emerge in the American cinema, starring Gene ...
Your weekly peek into what’s coming up next on REEL 13, written by host Richard Peña. REEL 13 CLASSIC | JULIA Adapted from an autobiographical chapter in playwright Lillian Hellman’s 1973 memoir “Pentimento,” Julia (1977) has transformed into more of a historical mystery rather than a biographical drama, as controversy over ...
Are you a filmmaker looking to submit your film? From now until Friday, February 23, when you submit an entry to the REEL 13 short film competition, your film will also be considered for the 2018 PBS Online Film Festival. Now in its seventh year, the festival showcases powerful, introspective, and ...
Your weekly peek into what’s coming up next on REEL 13, written by host Richard Peña. REEL 13 CLASSIC | CASABLANCA This week’s classic is perhaps the most beloved American film of all time: Casablanca (1942). The screenplay, principally by Howard Koch and the uncredited Casey Robinson, was based on an ...
Introducing “Viewer Guide,” your weekly peek into what’s coming up next on REEL 13, written by host Richard Peña. REEL 13 CLASSIC | TO CATCH A THIEF This week’s REEL 13 Classic is To Catch a Thief (1955), a lightly suspenseful romantic thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock. After achieving one of his ...
